Rice University researchers developed a "living bandage" that uses engineered cells to deliver healing proteins directly to ...

Researchers at Rice University have developed a removable “living bandage” filled with engineered human cells that release ...

An expert reveals the simple diet and lifestyle changes you should make to fight off zombie cells that could be quietly ...

A severe burn changes life in an instant. Beyond the pain, it destroys the body’s natural shield against infection, ...

A cut on the skin of a young person closes in days. In an older adult, the same wound can linger for weeks. For over a decade ...

Investigators are constantly aiming to identify new therapeutic approaches for regenerative medicine. Recent strategies have focused on harnessing the power of the body's own tissue healing and repair ...

A new method developed by scientists could soon make liver disease treatment easier and more effective—without a transplant. In cell therapies, researchers are constantly searching for new methods of ...

What if a process we associate with aging actually helps the body heal? A study led by Mikolaj Ogrodnik, LBI Trauma, published in Nature Cell Biology, shows that cells enter a state of senescence ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely ...

Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and infections. It promotes healing through immune cell activation to target bacteria and other infections, but also allows for tissue repair.